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Murray said Canada's reputation in the global community would be forever altered if it decided to decriminalize pot. In fact, many countries, notably in Europe, have already decriminalized marijuana, but none of them share a border with the U.S., where the policy is zero tolerance for smoking pot.' We're laughing at you . . .  < 11:45:20 PM>.canada.com: U.S. says Canada cares too much about liberties "Also, Canadian laws and regulations intended to protect Canadian citizens and landed immigrants from government intrusion sometimes limit the depth of investigations." Gosh, we hate to disappoint US authorities but we Canucks don't live in a police state. We don't have a 'Patriot Act'. We don't have a nimrod leader running around trying to keep his population afraid so that he and his buddies can trample all over our rights and freedoms. < 11:26:24 PM>.Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | With pot and porn outstripping corn, America's black economy is flying high 'Despite laws that punish marijuana cultivation more strictly than murder in some states, Americans spend more on illegal drugs than on cigarettes. And despite official disapproval of pornography, the US leads the world in export of explicit sex videos, according to Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs and Cheap Labour in the American Black Market, by Eric Schlosser.' Maybe this is the reason the yanks don't want us to relax our marijuana laws. They don't want us interfeering with their booming market. < 12:33:20 AM>.CBC News: SARS fallout to cost Toronto economy about $1 billion: Conference Board |
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